#BachUpsideDown Variation 17 from Bach's Goldberg Variations, first as written, then upside down (i.e. chromatically inverted). I love this variation, and it’s also one of the hardest to play properly on the piano, because your hands get constantly tangled up in each other (it was written for two-manual harpsichord). I imagine this variation as two swallows chasing each other through the air, imitating each other’s moves, moving in close, veering apart, darting around in ecstatic freedom. This feeling of visceral joy is perhaps even stronger in the inversion.
Sheet music and thoughts on the #BachUpsideDown project at http://dantepfer.com/bachupsidedown
Full #BachUpsideDown playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUzNnspxG1f7AjeMgZ_1nE0D6TH9zrH9R
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